The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
– Eden Phillpotts

You know, I have to confess. The word "abundance" doesn't creep into my vocabulary often. So, I looked it up and got this: "the number of atoms of one isotope of an element divided by the total number of atoms in a mixture of the isotopes." Seriously!? Apparently that's a chemist's definition of Abundance. For the rest of us, how about this: "fullness to overflowing."

Doesn't that sentiment just nail it on the head?!

I paired the "Sincere About Abundance" sentiment with the "Inspired by Autumn" from yesterday's teaser. I'm not going to tell you how many times I stamped these three images before I got them lined up right. Okay, Four Times! I used a masking technique to make the apple crate appear in front of the pumpkin. (If you'd like to know how to do this masking technique, just leave me a comment and I'll write up a tutorial on it.)

Yep, that's the same My MInd's Eye paper from yesterday. I thought I would make this a companion card to yesterday's card.

Don't you love this new Rolled Gardenia die? Hang tight because later I'm going to show you some tips to really make this pop. Here are the rest of the Die-namics I used.

We're celebrating day three of the My Favorite Things Teasers for the October release.

Oh my goodness gracious gravy – have you seen all those amazing samples from the design team? If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, click on over to Kim's blog. Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of two $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment.

The My Favorite Things release is on October 4 at 10:00 PM EST. You can join the release party from 8:00 to 10:00 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available October 4 at 10:00 PM EST.

Stampers! The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how you can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the design team for a month. I heard a rumor that this month's contest has something to do with a Perfect Package. It's such a special treat to get that big yellow envelope in the mail with the newest release. I hope you'll give it a shot.

I love that this new stamp set, Sincere About Abundance, reminds me to enjoy the abundance of good things in my life. There are way too many good things to list here, but definitely one of the good things – all those sweet, sweet comments from all of you about my projects. Thank you! My heart is overflowing!

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